Teaser Trailer Drops for IFC’s Unsettling Cult Horror Remake FACES OF DEATH
IFC Films has released the first teaser trailer for Faces of Death, and it’s every bit as uncomfortable as longtime horror fans probably expected.
This is a modern, meta-driven reimagining of one of the most notorious cult movies ever made, and it isn’t here to make anyone feel safe. The teaser leans hard into the same queasy question that made the original infamous decades ago. Is what you’re watching real, or is it just staged well enough to ruin your night?
The film centers on a woman who works as a website content moderator, someone whose job is to sift through the internet’s worst corners so the rest of us don’t have to.
When she stumbles across a string of disturbing videos recreating death scenes from the original 1978 Faces of Death, things spiral fast. The footage looks authentic, brutal, and unsettlingly wrong.
The movie plays with the idea that in an online world built on manipulation and performance, truth is slippery and consequences can be immediate. As the tagline bluntly warns, “You can't unsee it.”
The lead role is played by Barbie Ferreira, who anchors the story as someone already numb to digital violence until this discovery cuts far too close.
She’s joined by Dacre Montgomery, with Josie Totah, Aaron Holliday, Jermaine Fowler, and Charli XCX rounding out a cast.
The film is directed by Daniel Goldhaber, whose previous work on Cam and How to Blow Up a Pipeline showed a sharp interest in technology, power, and moral unease. Goldhaber co-wrote the screenplay with Isa Mazzei, and the two were clear about their approach to revisiting such a loaded title.
“It's very important to us to honor the parts of that aspect of the original. We have done our best in the movie to do that within the bounds of the law.”
IFC is clearly confident in what Goldhaber has delivered, sharing their enthusiasm for the project: “We're in awe of Daniel Goldhaber’s reimagining of Faces of Death. His take is unsettling, timely, and provocative, and we can’t wait to unleash it in theaters everywhere this spring.”
This version of Faces of Death hasn’t screened at festivals yet, which only adds to the mystery surrounding it. That feels intentional for a movie designed to mess with perception and trust.
The teaser itself doesn’t show much, but what it does reveal sticks with you in the worst way, suggesting a horror experience built less on jump scares and more on dread that crawls under your skin.
Faces of Death is set to hit select US theaters on April 10th, 2026. It’s clearly not going to be for everyone, but for horror fans who like their movies challenging, confrontational, and just a little bit dangerous, this one looks like it’s going to leave a mark.
